No carrier

no carrier

You are fighting a no carrier.

It might be a battleship, it might be a cruiser. One thing's for sure, that's no carrier.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• While you're busy facing off against the no carrier, its companion submarine surfaces and torpedoes you. (fire) damage
• Unwisely you mock the "no carrier" meme, and the entire slashdot crowd mods you -1, Curmudgeon. (psychic) damage
• The no carrier briefly pulls the plug between you and the computer system. Unlike being in the Matrix, it doesn't kill you. It just hurts a lot. (electric) damage

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

Your opponent has a critical hit! It hits you for X damage.

Miss messages:

• As it prepares to attack, you quickly call out F1 through F5 and sink its battleship! It has to retreat and gather more support.
• It tries to attack, but gets cut off suddenl-- [no carrier]
• The no carrier tries to pull your plug from the computer system, but you can read the falling green characters and see the move coming.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!

You gain 15 experience.

Known resistances/weaknesses

Unspecified
Former resistances were Verified to have no resistances or weaknesses., remember to remove this information from the page when resistances are spaded.

Locations

• There's a Blog.Org for This
  

Notes

• Occurs when you choose "ftp", "http", "link", "port", "telnet", "web", or "www" on There's a Blog.Org for This.
• Using a degausser destroys this foe, yielding subscript beta.

This enemy is a robot with an electronic brain.

References

• Named after the NO CARRIER modem message.
• The image and text are clear - it is indeed not a carrier, but some other warship. The text mentions a either a battleship, which judging from the image it definitely isn't, or a cruiser. Indeed, it appears to be an Italian Maestrale class frigate.
• The first miss message refers to the game Battleship.
• The third hit and miss messages refer to the movie The Matrix.